Skirt-protector.



No; 698,238. Patented Apr. 22,- 1902." F

W.-F. WYMAN. SKIRT PROTECTOR.

- (Applicatiou filed. Nov. 9, 1899.)

(No Model.)

Tm: NORRIS mans 00., wo'raumm WASMIIGTUL 04 a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. WYMAN, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO AARON M. WEBER, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

SKlRT-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,238, dated April 22, 1902. Application filed November 9, 1899. Serial No. 736,366. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. WYMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Protector Material 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de-.

scription thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple economical dress-skirt-protector material having certain advantages due to its structural peculiarities hereinafter particularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

Figure 1 0f the drawings illustrates a perspective View of a portion of my improved dress-skirt-protector material provided with a stiffening-cord, the proportions of the parts in the illustration being about twice the actual size; Fig. 2, a similar view illustrating the material partly finished, and Fig. 3 a like view illustrating the first steps in the manufacture of said material.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicatesa single strip of mackintosh fabric, waterproof velveteen, or other suitable facing goods, and to make myimproved dress-skirtprotector material about one-third of the width of the facing-strip is first turned over the remainder of the same and stitched thereto through both thicknesses to form a ridge that is preferably a cushion-roll B, after which the turned-over portion of said strip abovethe seam b is turned back over this seam and the ridge and again stitched at c to the body portion of the strip to form a casing O, that envelops said ridge and conceals the primary seam. When the facing-strip is of light goods, at stifiening-cord D will be utilized in the cushion-roll ridge; but with heavy goods this cord is unnecessary. The double-thick lower-roll edge of the finished material is centered on the remainder of said materialthat is to say, the vertical axis of the concentric rolls of the ridge is in line with the body portion of the strip of facingoods, this being a feature of decided advantage as the roll wear edge'ofthe protector doesnot come wholly within a skirt. It is also" to be understood that owing to the peculiarities of construction aforesaid the lower-roll edge of the finished material has elastic contact with the shoe-heels of the wearer of a skirt to which it is applied, and being double thick the durability of said edge is much greater than the wear edges of dress skirt-protector materials commonly used. In case the stilfening-cord is utilized the advan= tage of the double-thick roll edge of the material will prevent exposure of said cord until the fold or casing O and the cord-containing roll B of said edge are worn through.

From the foregoing it will be understood that there are no rough seams to cut through the roll or casing O of the cushion-roll B, and to' insure of the protector material lying close to the skirt to which it is applied the strip A may be made on a curve, as is customary in the art to which my invention relates.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A skirt-facing goods consisting of a strip turned over on itself and stitched at the fold through both thicknesses to formaridge, the free edge being turned over to inclose the ridge and stitched to the body of the strip.

2. A skirt-facing goods including a strip provided with a ridge in its body portion, the free edge beyond the ridge being folded over said ridge and secured to the body of the strip.

3."A'skirt-facinggoods including a strip turned over on itself and stitched at the fold through both thicknesses to form aridge, the free edge being turned over and stitched to the body of the strip to inclose the ridge, and a cord-filling in said ridge. V In testimony that I claimthe foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. wrMAN;

Witnesses:

W. E. CARR, H. LWEED. 

